# docker container

**Description:** Manage containers

**Usage:** `docker container`










## Description

Manage containers.






## Subcommands

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| [`docker container attach`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/attach/) | Attach local standard input, output, and error streams to a running container
 |
| [`docker container commit`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/commit/) | Create a new image from a container's changes |
| [`docker container cp`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/cp/) | Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem |
| [`docker container create`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/create/) | Create a new container |
| [`docker container diff`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/diff/) | Inspect changes to files or directories on a container's filesystem |
| [`docker container exec`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/exec/) | Execute a command in a running container |
| [`docker container export`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/export/) | Export a container's filesystem as a tar archive |
| [`docker container inspect`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/inspect/) | Display detailed information on one or more containers |
| [`docker container kill`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/kill/) | Kill one or more running containers |
| [`docker container logs`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/logs/) | Fetch the logs of a container |
| [`docker container ls`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/ls/) | List containers |
| [`docker container pause`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/pause/) | Pause all processes within one or more containers |
| [`docker container port`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/port/) | List port mappings or a specific mapping for the container |
| [`docker container prune`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/prune/) | Remove all stopped containers |
| [`docker container rename`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/rename/) | Rename a container |
| [`docker container restart`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/restart/) | Restart one or more containers |
| [`docker container rm`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/rm/) | Remove one or more containers |
| [`docker container run`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/run/) | Create and run a new container from an image |
| [`docker container start`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/start/) | Start one or more stopped containers |
| [`docker container stats`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/stats/) | Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics |
| [`docker container stop`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/stop/) | Stop one or more running containers |
| [`docker container top`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/top/) | Display the running processes of a container |
| [`docker container unpause`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/unpause/) | Unpause all processes within one or more containers |
| [`docker container update`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/update/) | Update configuration of one or more containers |
| [`docker container wait`](https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/wait/) | Block until one or more containers stop, then print their exit codes |